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Aspidoscelis ceralbensis (VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN, 1921)

IUCN Red List - Aspidoscelis ceralbensis - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cerralvo Island Whiptail
S: Huico de la Isla Cerralvo 
SynonymVerticaria ceralbensis VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921: 396
Cnemidophorus ceralbensis — BURT 1931: 216
Cnemidophorus ceralbensis — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 188
Cnemidophorus ceralbensis — LINER 1994
Cnemidophorus ceralbensis — GRISMER 1999
Aspidoscelis ceralbensis — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis ceralbensis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 
DistributionMexico (Ceralbo Island, Baja California)

Type locality: Ceralbo Island, Baja California.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CAS 50510, paratypes in ZMB 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. Two or three dorsal lines. Supraoculars three. Scales of collar normally smaller at its edge. Second supraocular in contact with frontal. No red on sides or back of body. No orange below. Tip of tail not blue. Size much larger than any other Verticaria. Ground color between lateral light stripes with light spots or vertical bars. Hind limbs coarsely reticulated with black and gray. Tail not striped. Throat often slaty or black. (Van Denburgh & Slevin 1921) 
CommentBelongs to the Aspidoscelis deppii group (fide REEDER et al. 2002). 
References
  • Bauer, A.M. and R. Günther 1994. An annotated type catalogue of the teiid and microteiid lizards in the Zoological Museum, Berlin (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 70:267-280 - get paper here
  • Burt, C. E. 1931. A study of the teiid lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus with special reference to their phylogenetic relationships. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 154: 286 pp. - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee 1999. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of Cnemidophorus hyperythrus and C. ceralbensis (Squamata: Teiidae) in Baja California, México. Herpetologica 55 (1): 28-42 - get paper here
  • Jones, L.L. & Lovich, R.E. 2009. Lizards of the American Southwest. A photographic field guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, 568 pp. [review in Reptilia 86: 84] - get paper here
  • Maslin, T. & Secoy, D.M. 1986. A checklist of the lizard genus Cnemidophorus (Teiidae). Contr. Zool. Univ. Colorado Mus. 1: 1-60
  • Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, and Wilson LD. 2023. The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1&2): 57–142
  • REEDER, T.W.; CHARLES J. COLE AND HERBERT C. DESSAUER 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of Whiptail Lizards of the Genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): A Test of Monophyly, Reevaluation of Karyotypic Evolution, and Review of Hybrid Origins. American Museum Novitates 3365: 1-64 - get paper here
  • Van Denburgh, J.; Slevin, J. R. 1921. Preliminary diagnoses of more new species of reptiles from islands in the gulf of California, Mexico. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 11 (17): 395-398 - get paper here
  • Walker, J. Martin;Maslin, Harry L. TayloT. Paul 1966. Morphology and relations of the teiid lizard, Cnemidophorus ceralbensis. Copeia 1966 (3): 585-588 - get paper here
 
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